Adolfo Rodriguez Saa

Adolfo Rodriguez Saa (25 July 1947-) was the interim President of Argentina from 23 to 30 December 2001, succeeding Fernando de la Rua and preceding Eduardo Duhalde. He was a conservative Peronist politician who was accused of being a populist, corrupt, and authoritarian, but he had a long-lasting political career.

Biography
Adolfo Rodriguez Saa was born in San Luis, Argentina on 25 July 1947, and he became a Peronist in 1969 during his studies in Buenos Aires and became the Peronist Youth representative in San Luis. In 1973, he became a provincial legislator when the Justicialist Party was legalized once again, and he was affiliated with the right-wing of the movement and left politics following the 1976 coup. In 1983, following the restoration of democracy, he was elected Governor of San Luis, and he was backed by the clergy due to his opposition to secularism. He attracted huge investments to his province, but he was accused of being a populist and authoritarian governor who oversaw nepotism, corruption, and restrictions on freedom of the press. He attempted to run for President several times during the 1990s, but he dropped out to back Carlos Menem in 1995 and Eduardo Duhalde in 1999. Following the resignation of President Fernando de la Rua in 2001, Rodriguez was chosen to serve as interim President, and he decided to create a new currency, the Argentino, which would circulate alongside the peso and the dollar. However, his announcement of a very unpopular choice of cabinet members forced his resignation just a week after taking office. He served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2003 to 2005 and in the Senate from 2005, and he joined the Juntos por el Cambio coalition in 2019.